Protector for harness-saddle skirts



(No Model.)

' E. K. DENNIS.

PROTEGTOR FOR HARNESS SADDLE SKIRTS.

No. 301,694. Patented July 8, 1884 ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIM KEMPTON DENNIS, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

PROTECTOR FOR HARNESS-SADDLE SKlRTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 301,694, dated July 8,1884-.

Application filed April 2S, 1884. (No model.)

To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM K. DENNIS, of Sew Bedford, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Protectors for Harness-Saddle Skirts, of which thefollowing is a full,.clcar, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents my improvement as applied to a harness-saddle; Fig.2 is an edge elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section of the same,taken through the line x .r, Fig. 1. Fig; 4' is a back View of theimprovement dctached.

The object of this improvement is to prevent the skirts ofharness-saddles from being chafed by the friction of the back-strap.

The invention consists in a protector for harness saddle skirts madewith a cushion having a nut in its back, and provided with a screw forsecuring the said cushion to the back-strap of a harness-saddle to keepthe said strap out of contact with the saddle-skirt, and thus preventthe said skirt from being chafed and marred, as will be hereinafterfully described.

A represents the skirt of a harness-saddle.

B is the back-strap, the upper end of which is secured to the saddle inthe ordinary manner, and to the lower end of which the bellyband isdesigned to be buckled. \Vith this construction the movements of thehorse cause the strap B to rub and chafe the skirt A, and thus mar it ina very short time.

0 is a small cushion, made of one or more disks of chamois leather,felt, rubber,.or other suitable material. The face of the cushion G isrounded off, and in its back is inserted or formed a nut, D, secured inplace by being sewed to or otherwise connected with or formed in thesaid cushion.

E is a screw, which is made with a wide or flanged head, and passesthrough the backstrap B, and into the nut D, so as to fasten the cushionG securely to the said strap B. With this construction the cushion Gwill rest upon the skirt A, and will hold the strap B out of contactwith the skirt, and thus prevent the said skirt from being chafed andmarred by the friction of the said strap.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A protector for harness saddle skirts, madesubstautially'asherein shown and described, and consisting of thecushion O, having a nut, D, in its back, and provided with a screw, E,for securing it to the back-strap of a harness-saddle, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the skirt A and the back-strap B of aharness-saddle, of the cushion 0, having nut D, and the screw E,substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said strap willbe kept from chafing and marring the said skirt, as set forth.

EPHRAIM KEMPTON DENNIS.

lVitnesses: I

DANL. T. DnvoLL, FOSTER S. Dennis.

